Current Affairs 9 November 2025
Provisions and steps taken regarding Stray Dogs in India
- Constitution: As per Articles 243(W), municipalities are mandated to control the stray dog population.
- Article 51A (g): Fundamental Duty “to have compassion for living creatures”.
- Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023 under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 established the Capture-Sterilize-Vaccinate-Release (CSVR) model to control the stray dog population.
- National Action Plan for Dog Mediated Rabies Elimination (NAPRE) from India by 2030’ launched by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Supreme Court Raises Concern over India’s Land Registration System in Samiullah v. State of Bihar
- Outdated Laws: Land registration still governed by colonial era laws such as the Transfer of Property Act 1882, Stamp Act 1899, and Registration Act 1908.
- No Conclusive Title: Registration of a deed (under the Registration Act) only provides presumptive evidence of ownership, not conclusive title.
- This means the state does not certify the authenticity of ownership, leaving buyers vulnerable to litigation.
- Litigation Burden: Fraudulent deeds, encroachments, and weak verification leads to 66% of civil litigation.
- Incomplete Digitisation: Programmes like DILRMP (Digital India Land Records Modernization) and NGDRS (National Generic Document Registration System) digitise records but do not correct faulty titles.
India set to join Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) as Observer
- Initiative by: Brazil
- About: It is a global fund formed on the sidelines of COP-30 in Belem, Brazil for providing a long-term finance to make forest preservation a viable economic model.
- Objectives: To incentivize the conservation and expansion of tropical forests by making annual payments to Tropical Forest Countries (TFCs) that maintain their standing forest.
- Funding Mechanism: The facility seeks to mobilize approximately $125 billion through a mix of public (20-25%) and private investment (70-80%).
- The returns generated from these investments will then be used to pay nations that successfully conserve their forests.
- Eligibility: The TFFF could support over 70 TFCs that meet certain criteria, such as annual deforestation rate below 0.5%; fair resource allocation to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, etc.
Recent debates over rejection of nomination papers have renewed calls to reform India’s electoral nomination process under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RPA, 1951).
- Section 33 – Nomination filing: Candidates submit nomination papers signed by self and proposers (one for party, ten for independents).
- Section 33A – Disclosure: Mandatory declaration of criminal cases, assets, liabilities, and education.
- Section 33B – Limitation: Restricts disclosures beyond Section 33A.
- Section 34 – Security deposit: ₹25,000 (Lok Sabha) or ₹10,000 (Assembly), forfeited if below one-sixth votes.
- Section 35 – Notification: Returning Officer (RO) announces nomination, scrutiny, and withdrawal schedule.
- Section 36 – Scrutiny: RO examines and may reject defective papers.
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s Christmas Island.
- Location: In Indian Ocean, 1500 km North West of Australian mainland.
- Nicknamed the “Galapagos of the Indian Ocean”.
- It is a 135 sq. Km island famous for its annual migration of millions of red crabs, sea birds, whale sharks and spectacular coral reefs.
- Christmas Island is well positioned to monitor Sunda Strait, Lombok Strait, Malacca Straits.
Namdapha Butterfly Festival to Celebrate Arunachal’s Biodiversity
- The 8th Namdapha Butterfly Festival will be held from November 26–28, 2025, in Miao, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Namdapha National Park hosts over 500 species of butterflies, including the rare Kaiser-i-Hind.
- The festival promotes eco-tourism and is organised in collaboration with local community groups.
- Entry is free for local participants to encourage community engagement in conservation.